The devastating floods that have seen a third of Bosnia under water, and two dozen people killed, have sparked fresh concerns that the flowing water could have unearthed a number of the 120,000 unexploded landmines that still exist in the country.

It is feared that the floods, which have also wreaked havoc in Croatia and Serbia, are washing away river banks and causing landslides which are in turn unearthing a number of the land mines - the legacy of the Bosnian War of the early nineties.

According to Bosnia’s Mine Action Centre, there have been reports of a number of displaced landmines being found.

After the war that ended in 1995, there was a reported 1 million unexploded landmines still scattered across Bosnia’s interior.

Despite government efforts to rid the country of the mines they are still a major problem for the country and have killed over 1,800 people in the last ten years. It is believed that as many as 120,000 unexploded landmines could still exist in Bosnia.

An official at Bosnia's Mine Action Center, Sasa Obradovic, said hunting-scouts would be deployed on Monday to begin to weed out the displaced mines.

He said: "Mines have surfaced now in areas where they have never been, we will work with Croatia and Serbia on the problem."

The floods were caused when three months of rainfall fell on Bosnia in the space of a few days.

The latest official number for those to have died currently stands at 44, however this is expected to grow as authorities will only look for bodies when the water subsides.